POT ODDS & EQUITY In POKER [5 TIPS To Use Them At The Table]

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2 жыл бұрын

This video will teach you exactly how to calculate whether a call is profitable in poker by using pot odds and equity.
Poker is a very mathematical game and it can seem overwhelming at first, but study this video and put the lesson to practice and you will quickly learn how to use these strategies effectively to increase your win rate.
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@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

What other topics would you like to learn more about in these strategy videos?

@littleinkling4604 2 жыл бұрын

Implied odds. How to bet size correctly given perceived draws of your opponent (to bring them along or to fold them out) and also as the player facing those bet sizes.

@Lyqu1d 2 жыл бұрын

A concise video on the basics of range construction would be cool. E.G. frequency of bluffs to value hands on each street, tips for certain hand types, etc. Not sure if you have something like this already or not.

@ChiariLife420 2 жыл бұрын

How about doing this on the fly. Not many of us carry around a poker calculator to live games.

@sQuaTsiFieD 2 жыл бұрын

hey bud, you need to increase your sound or just vocals. Can barely hear you on certain devices.

@shaneseiber7893 2 жыл бұрын

@@sQuaTsiFieD I can hear him just fine

@bed2149 2 жыл бұрын

I've been studying poker for 10 days after I got smoked in a friendly game and you have singlehandedly made me go from knowing vaguely what hand strengths were to playing at a much higher level and hopefully playing for money once I get another 100 hours of study in

@GameOfLife55 2 жыл бұрын

could you share how you are exactly studying this ? Mostly youtube videos or books ?

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, I'm happy to hear that! Good luck in your games!

@bed2149 2 жыл бұрын

@@hotrodsather i would need money for that, currently tho he opened up the cash game masterclass for 3 days so ill just do that for now

@LordBattleSmurf 2 жыл бұрын

@@bed2149 Check out Scrimitzu poker coaching playlist on KZfaq

@shroey20 Жыл бұрын

You don't need 100 hours of study to start playing at the lowest level.

@joshuamills765 2 жыл бұрын

I've got 5x better in the last year watching your videos and using your website. I'm almost ready to go back to my local poker room and play 1 , 2 NLH. I cant believe i used to go up there and play thinking i knew what i was doing

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

I'm very happy to hear that :) Good luck in your games!

@conorm2524 Жыл бұрын

How did it go when you went back?

@vettenam100 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a member of your site. I’m starting to win at my local card room....after studying your quizzes and watching the training video. Thx so much JL!!

@davidringler4700 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see this exact video, but for post flop, calling or raising bets with a flush or straight draw. Or having 2 pair on a 3 or 4 flush board with one card to come.

@CardsChat 2 жыл бұрын

It's great to keep reinforcing this for players, new and old!

@nickbnash 2 жыл бұрын

This video was tremendously helpful. Thank you!

@joshhead9368 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Johnathan just want to say thanks. My poker game is getting better every time I play. I'm new to the game and honestly spend more time studying the game than I do playing it but it's helping tons. Cheers from Alberta Canada.

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you're enjoying it, good luck in your games!

@aaronkindoll8242 2 жыл бұрын

Johnathan, You are a very selfless person, a respectable person and I enjoy your content.

@chanoone7812 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome content as always

@jaybingham3711 2 жыл бұрын

Fine basic primer. Maybe consider a follow up video explaining nuances and misapplications as well as outcome excursions away from expectations and how long the "long run" is to see a "balancing out" of such excursionary outcomes.

@codegeass7162 2 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed how well you can call the equity. To start learning the equities, you recommend just playing with the calculator?

@chanoone7812 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 100k best poker content on KZfaq 💯👏👏👏👌🎉

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@mtggate9548 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a video about icm implications!

@pierrebakshi189 Жыл бұрын

Hey so I’ve grasped the concept of this video, and I’m not lazy so I will regardless be playing around with equilab, but it’s obviously impractical to have a solver mid game. So is there any means that you know of and or use that can estimate ur equity mentally/efficiently? Or is it something that you’ve just developed from studying so much. Thanks!

@HookedOnSonics518 Жыл бұрын

Started watching your videos over a month ago and my game has definitely improved. I just placed 6th in an NLH tournament a few days ago. Thanks for the education!

@bullyboy131 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! Be safe on your travels.

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@idonthaveaname42 Жыл бұрын

I would legitimately watch a full video of flash cards just helping me memorize equity in different situations.

@PokerCoaching Жыл бұрын

I am not a virologist, so I don't know.

@PeterParker-kr6yr 2 жыл бұрын

I did not enjoy this tutorial but appreciate the effort you put in

@cuth4king 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Remember, do not use equilab while running online poker software or you may get banned.

@timetravelerpokerrecordhol9246 2 жыл бұрын

Great Coaching

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ukaszkisicki7862 10 ай бұрын

I'd like to know how to figure out this numbers at the table and not through some kind of online calculator. This would be so much more valuable. Show me the technics pro players use at the table to figure that out

@botanr101 2 жыл бұрын

Feel like this is what adds a bit of a dynamic to PKO tourneys :p /calling wider better pot odds due to the value of opponents bounty. And the opposite ICM situations calling tighter due to payout implications but if you don't know how to estimate your opponents ranges at the baseline you definitely won't know how to adjust :p So yeah learning the equities vs certain ranges is necessarily like in the first range your aqo is a peice of trash but vs the second range it's a powerhouse. k8o vs k5s is intersting def a difference if you're in a domination nation situation as well.

@gavinbrinck Жыл бұрын

how is equity calculated ? thanks for the video !

@henriksenlaw 2 жыл бұрын

Those calculations are all great-assuming you can estimate your opponent’s range with that kind of accuracy-but how are you doing this in the middle of a hand in a cash game or tourney.

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Practice away from the table and experience.

@basdewin3746 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jonathan! Nice video! I would like to learn more about pot odds/equity on the flop. If ur opponent bets lets say 25% of the pot, u supposed to call more of your range then when he bets 50%. How do u make this calculation? I find that I fold to much with K high for example, while its actually too high in my range to fold the hand. When u are OOP I find it even harder of course…

@radosawrusiniak2709 2 жыл бұрын

Search "minimum defense frequency". Good starting point.

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

This is called minimum defense frequency. If you check out pokercoaching.com/free and go through the free Mastering the Fundamentals course, I cover the subject there :)

@Vivam656 2 жыл бұрын

ICM and Blockers if possible..

@henrysavage2256 2 жыл бұрын

Please make a video about ICM and payout implications!!! these videos are very helpful and I love hearing what you have to say!

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

I've done a couple of live webinars on this! Check out "Tournament Poker Strategy: Final Table & ICM" on KZfaq for one of them :)

@infinitismpoker6803 Жыл бұрын

At 6.55. when you whip out the calculator. You say we have call 27.8 to win 'our 30, their 30 and the blinds and antes'. The 'our 30' part is what we're about to put in the pot? It wouldn't be we have to call 27.8 to win just 'their 30 and the blinds and antes'? Which would drastically change the odds? Sorry if I've missed something, still learning and this part confused me 🙂

@wesch6354 2 жыл бұрын

I had a similar scenario the last time I played a cash game. I had A,Qo and guy shoves all in pre-flop. At the time I wasn't to familiar with the guy so after thinking for a min I folded. After a while he got called after he shoved a few times. Every time he had junk hands. So now I'm regretting throwing away my AQo. I probably had him crushed on that hand.

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

That's okay, you learn and improve - next time, you'll stack him!

@rubberroast1598 Жыл бұрын

How do you do this while sitting at a live table? Without access to all these online tools to query your exact odds and opponent range equity calculators?

@songjunejohnlee2113 2 жыл бұрын

Curious to know how this analysis would apply to an opponent who will sometimes shove with junk to steal the blinds (a polarized range?)-would you just add the supposed junk range in the calculator?

@ChiariLife420 2 жыл бұрын

Where do you put your calculator while your playing live? Knowing a formula for calculating specific pot odds per hand that you hold is a better lesson in my opinion.

@blazeron12 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChiariLife420 preflop shoving is something you would typically memorize based on the range of the opponent.

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly! Just enter the perceived range your opponent will have and it will change the amount of equity you have.

@jamescjhealy 3 ай бұрын

I know this is an older video but.....in a cash game how much wider or barrower should you be deep stacked?

@Motorirumori 2 жыл бұрын

what i do if im used to calculate pot odds with ratio?

@Scb-ef6ih 2 жыл бұрын

ICM - yes please

@bigfatcody Жыл бұрын

Is that the only way to calculate your hand equity before the flop is to use one of those apps. Can’t really use my phone in a tournament lol.

@argsgsgsgnngndg9894 2 жыл бұрын

This is very interesting, but the problem is you never know your opponents exact range. Do you have a ''standard'' range you use for tight players and one for loose players?

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

To some extent, yes, although people vary in tightness/looseness.

@iamamish 2 жыл бұрын

Why AKo but not AKs? Or is AKs just assumed given that we are calling with AKo?

@michaelchin8934 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jon, how does one become a big baller shot caller.? I see all the pros playing 10k buy ins 50k buying and huge cash games. Did they all start playing the micros and just grind it up? I know the guy Igor Kurganov was grinder. I’m playing nl20 rn and have about 2k after 3 months approximately from 300 so just keep playing?

@rawrizord Жыл бұрын

Yes absolutely, nobody starts in the big leagues. Just like how NBA players often start in grade school and move onto college and university.

@Wombat86dkdk Жыл бұрын

Is running an ICM/Equity calc not against some sites? (Running it while you play)

@PokerCoaching Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@KuvYogHenry Жыл бұрын

Should you take out rake for more accurate equity? Especially if rake is 10% of pot plus $1-2 for other promotion.

@PokerCoaching Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@Cautionable_Offense 2 ай бұрын

Studying the game like crazy and I just don’t understand how you sort this out while you’re sitting at the table.

@TheJonnylark 2 жыл бұрын

Assuming I can’t bust out my laptop at the table to plug hands into that calculator, is there a more practical way to apply this in the moment assuming that I don’t really know what my opponents range is exactly?

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Study a ton away from the table. No one "knows it exactly" in game. The best players estimate way better than everyone else.

@morcov9931 3 ай бұрын

I should have watched this video 2 years ago when I was losing a lot of money :)). Now i'm ok(profit). TY

@bullyboy131 2 жыл бұрын

These calculations seem to produce the same result, as in "call", as calculating EV. For example, 5.69 = (41.2%×33.5)−(58.8%×13.8) is a call. If you just want to know if you should call or fold is there any sense to use EV calculations instead of just pot odds and equity calculations?

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Your pot odds tell you how much EV you need to continue.

@bullyboy131 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@xRakanishu Жыл бұрын

"hello sharks!" That opener is such an XD

@evantsukahara1531 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to do this in regular IRL cash games. Because I can’t just whip out my laptop😂

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of practice with this off the table will help build your intuition to do this at the table!

@user-ld6zk6qj6w Жыл бұрын

Jonathan, why can’t poker casinos keep the chips stacked so that players can better calculate the amount in the pot? I watch your videos and others to be a studied player but I have difficulty sizing my bets because the dealers are squishing the chip piles into the middle making it very difficult to size appropriately. I have horrible short-term memory so this puts me at a terrible disadvantage. Can you put out a video on this matter please?

@rominanoeliacaprotti654 Жыл бұрын

Hola, tenes derecho a pedirle al croupier que abra el pozo asi podes contar!

@user-ld6zk6qj6w Жыл бұрын

@@rominanoeliacaprotti654 Thank you Romina. Where do you play? I’m in Los Angeles and here they will spread the chips so you can count it but can’t tell you how much is in the pot. Gracias Romina ¿Donde juegas? Estoy en Los Ángeles y en Los Angeles ellos enseñan los chips para que cuentes pero no te pueden decir cuánto hay en el frente del dealer.

@davidwhogg 2 жыл бұрын

You checked A2o and said “so any ace is good”. But isn’t A6o a worse hand than A2o?

@MrJoosebawkz Жыл бұрын

How do you decide what your opponents range is. Obviously we’re not computers and often we don’t have the luxury of studying our opponents’ previous hands off live streams etc. So in most cases we’ll have to estimate. I was just wondering if u have any advice for this

@MrJoosebawkz Жыл бұрын

also how does position factor into play? Im guessing this assumes everybody else folded?

@rawrizord Жыл бұрын

You have to estimate/build an educated guess based on the hands they play from certain positions, how tight they are, how knowledgeable they are on the game(you can usually infer this by their bet sizing and aggression/use of position), you can never be entirely certain but there are certain ranges of hands that are objectively good to play and as a player gets closer to being the button they will open that range up since they are past to act. They can use the information gained from watching everyone else act to infer how strong their hands are. There's no exact science to it other than obviously you're going to play premium hands and pocket pairs, so those should always be in a person's range. Hope this helps? Feel free to comment back and we can dig deeper into the subject

@wilsonvinas5906 2 жыл бұрын

Okay but how do you do this at the table? 🤔

@agauerm Жыл бұрын

That is easy when you have equilab ready to go. Are you supposed to memorize equity of a gazillions of different hands against a gazillion of possible ranges? What is the most effective way of doing this?

@PokerCoaching Жыл бұрын

Memorize the common spots and extrapolate from there.

@jamiehand1859 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a Mac version of Equilab?

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Not that I'm aware of.

@ELK_poker Жыл бұрын

13/33.5= 42% im so confused

@niemand262 2 жыл бұрын

If you're only gonna get 1/3 of the pizza, contribute only 1/3 of the pot. Game! Theory! Optimized!

@marccifiello4441 2 жыл бұрын

How are you supposed to calculate your chance of winning a hand in under a minute?

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

You do the work away from the table so you do not have to calculate it at the table.

@charlespetry7348 6 ай бұрын

I've watched and read everything I can about pot odds and still don't understand how I'm supposed to figure out the percentage from the fraction at the table. Who knows what 13.8/33.5 is in % at the table? Even if I round to 14/34 I still have difficulty simplifying it down mentally. Does anyone have any tips for me for studying this or getting better at figuring it out without a calculator? Thank you

@PokerCoaching 6 ай бұрын

Practice, but 15/30 is 50% and 10/30 is 30%, so it is somewhere between those two numbers.

@charlespetry7348 6 ай бұрын

@@PokerCoaching thank you for the reply! I’ll work on practicing common fractions close to situational numbers.

@Bleesieteets Жыл бұрын

How are we suppose to calculate all this while in the game? Haha. Does someone actually pull out a phone and do this right on the table?

@thisismagacountry1318 2 жыл бұрын

I don't use pot odds, I just use pot, will that work?

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, no.

@CJRoyalOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Okay...but you can't do all this technical odds calculator stuff in an actual game...can you do a tutorial on what to do in realtime for at least estimating odds?

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Practice a LOT away from the table such that it is second nature.

@paTROLLINGxD 2 жыл бұрын

I thought this would explain the math that ur ultimately just using a calculator for :\ cool vid though either way

@rudyc79 2 жыл бұрын

Now to figure out how to do all this without having to use the program for help

@ChiariLife420 2 жыл бұрын

My sentiments exactly. How do I figure the percentage of the hand I'm holding against the bet I'm facing?

@rudyc79 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChiariLife420 exactly! Can’t just call timeout in the middle of a hand and pop open your laptop

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of practice off the table makes this easier and easier at the table :)

@ChiariLife420 2 жыл бұрын

@@PokerCoaching the pot odds are pretty easy for me these days. It's the percentage of chance of have to win the pot that I have the trouble with.

@siddharthdutta3360 2 жыл бұрын

13.8 BB to call 33.5 BB. Isint that 2.4:1 Pot odds that is 29% . How is it 41%?

@datsumcrzysht 2 жыл бұрын

The 33.5 includes the 13.8 you’re about to put in for the call. So it’s the amount to call divided by the total pot after the call. For example let’s assume there’s a game without blinds, and someone goes all in for $10. Now you have you have to call $10 making it $10/$20=1/2=50%…meaning that it’s even money.

@siddharthdutta3360 2 жыл бұрын

@@datsumcrzysht Thank you, 42% is correct. I miscalculated doing it the other way. There is 2.2 +2.5 BB (1BB+1 ANTE +.5SB) in the pot. Tight player shoves for 13.8BB effective making the pot 18.5 BB. So to get 18.5 BB we need to call 13.8 BB. which is 1.3:1 giving us 42%.

@nattywit2208 2 жыл бұрын

please refrain from wising up the suckers

@king_has_no_clothskul8635 6 ай бұрын

HOW TO ESTIMATE THE RANGE OF THE OPPONENT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN POKER. HIS RANGE VS YOUR RANGE!!!!

@gabechiodo7228 9 ай бұрын

But you don’t have this at your disposal at the table so what’s the point

@ginebrasanmiguel1445 2 жыл бұрын

Too complicated🤔 ✌️😉 Tnx anyways😝🤪😋

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊

@EastCoastEDC 2 жыл бұрын

How do people do this math in their head at a live game?

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

It is second nature.

@EastCoastEDC 2 жыл бұрын

@@PokerCoaching are they literally doing the calcs in their head or using the rule of 2 & 4 ?

@davidicousgregorian Жыл бұрын

dneg lost 1.2 million based on ranges but made it back in comps and channel and sponsors

@Tell_me_something_good 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but how much do you add to your equity for "run good" "run bad"? Or the FACT that the opponent is a card rack playing in "god mode"? LOL

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

None.

@chrisanderson4044 6 ай бұрын

This is all cool and easy to understand but I don’t play poker with fkin equilab and a calculator at my disposal.

@JRGV_828 2 жыл бұрын

not very well explained for my level, seems like video intended for smaller more advanced audience.

@roguemerlin1969 2 жыл бұрын

\o/

@JoloraB 2 жыл бұрын

You know, I certainly believe in all the math you talk about re pot odds and equity. But I have to ask this: what freaking card rooms are you playing in that allows you to consult your computer before each decision? And nowhere in this video (or any other that I've seen) do you explain the "magic" behind the equity calculation, so that one could learn how to derive this figure without a slew of electronics. This is what I find ridiculous about this kind of analysis. It's useless in live poker. One might get fast enough with these "tools" to use them in an on-line setting, but never in live, in-person games.

@PokerCoaching 2 жыл бұрын

You consult your computer before you play, that way you do not have to consult it at the table.

@stephenkennedy1073 2 жыл бұрын

@@PokerCoaching I completely agree with the comment above, so are you basically saying that you should play around with it so you become more familiar with what equity you will need against your opponents range?

@GotoHere 2 жыл бұрын

Assuming a range invalidates the whole premise. Your just guessing.

@williamwood3459 11 ай бұрын

You're talking too fast and you're not really explain anything this is not. Need to explain how the program gets the numbers not just pop cards in and get a number

@terrylake22 2 жыл бұрын

If you know what your opponent has...and if you know what the flop will be...give me a break. I've been playing poker longer than you've been alive. This is a joke. Reading the player is WAY more important than this make believe. Pot odds means nothing if you don't have the winning cards.

@koja69 3 ай бұрын

funny